Month: November 2012

So if your an academic or student based in the North East of the UK then you need to be aware of the Imagine Cup North East regional events which are being coordinated by Sunderland Software City. Last year the North East flew for the UK at the World Wide Finals with team eye works…

In conjunction with Salford Software we are holding an exclusive, IT Professional Azure Camp Monday 10th December, 2012 Location – Media City, UK Plot B4, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 2HE This event is a technical hands on introduction to some of the IaaS Cloud Services that Microsoft is now offering to Academic organisations. The…

Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 Register and attend one of our Free and in-person events in London or Reading In these sessions we will look at the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012 and how that supports the entire software development lifecycle. · Overview of the…

Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, is now available. You can install it today from the download page (see "Visual Studio 2012 Update 1" under the "Additional software" section). With this and future updates, we’re striving to ensure that developers and development teams always have the best solution for building modern applications and for managing the…

University College London (UCL), transforms its Computer Science teaching by introducing students to app-building tasks which address real life problems for business, public services and charities. In order to achieve this, students and staff deploy a full range of Microsoft technologies, including Windows 8, supported by Microsoft’s developers and researchers. By doing so, the…

I have a had a number of questions last week, from some of the UK’s University Gaming Students and Academics re Windows 8. Over the past few weeks as part of my UK tour with Aardvark Swift recruitment, I have been highlighting the opportunity of students building portfolio’s and publishing apps on Windows 8…

As you are all aware, last weekend was Uni Jam 2012, at Nottingham Trent University. Presentation from the welcome keynote and announcement of the theme. Inter University Game Jam 2012 from Lee Stott Setting up at Inter Uni Game Jam Participation Students from the following universities attended the…

Microsoft has launched a developer contest called ‘Power Up’. The competition is aimed at UK Inide Developers who want to develop and publish awesome games for Windows 8. If you are using .Net or 3rd Party Frameworks like GameSalad, GameMaker, Construct2 or if your an existing developer using XNA today to develop Xbox Indie titles…

At the 2012 competition, QuadSquad, from the Ukraine, created a device that allows deaf individuals to communicate using custom-designed sensory gloves and a smartphone app to translate sign language gestures into speech. The device is nothing short of incredible and the team won the software design category with their product, Enable Talk. Time has just…